Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-01-27

Attention Of the legal authorities Of
Virginia has Just been directed 10 Z ain-
gular state Of afaira Daring the Las,
three years OF the var. when oommunl-
cation with Northern manufaoturinQ
oenters vas cut Cd, the supply Of ink Ia
the South gave out, and q was manufno-
tnred IN hurry and Of c8nrse. not 40
eording 20 The maal approved methods.
The Ceunty Court records thFonRhout
the State we're kept In this ink, and now
investigation Of the Courthouse baoks,
In which deeds aud such things are 70.
corded, reveals the fast that many of
theae are 10 indiatincf "a 30 be- barely
| deciVherahle. From this cause ID 10
feared thai unless steps are promptly
taken serious complications may arise
--Soafkeyn Paper.
We hail that statement "a GOOD
omen, an omen that the h0t and furious
passions which ruled the SOuth tn tue
var days nrO Mke the ink, fading AwMy,
an omsn that the pride which caused
the man uf the south te rally around
che institution Of slavery. and 10 defend
il with such magnificent valor, "a giving
place 10 loftisr hopes and more enchnni-
ing desires; q eymbol that no record Ia
which the North does not mlnale can en-
dure in the Southland. There iaa lesson
in il. 700. Il Il clear that u Il TIE dnty
Of the cust0dians OF those records %
procure new books and make copies IN
ink that will endure. and then lay the
old books sway forever. 70 Of the mom-
cries Of those passionate days, TIE treas
ufed and holy ones should be FeglsteEod
in every southern heart. bat The old ones
should be put aside forever for the pages
are blarrea and the inscriptions are and
ought 10 be din. In bis celebrated
speech at the New England dinner Mr..
Grady Of Atlanta expressed u as The de-
sire Of the new South 20 draw nearer -
the North, II the North would but meet
them half way. What can the North
do that Il has not done Has ever q
Southern ycuth gone North and not
been met with perfect cordiality Has
be ever, when 10 the North be has an
pired 20 position. been met With the
charge thai be was q ''oarpot- -hagRea I"
IL MOI Northern capital causing TIE
south 10 places g. be transhgurod : la
not the South fally represented In all
the departments of the General Govern
ment IL net the main trouble, after
ell, that the men Of the South will PER
sisf In trying t. read the faded manu-
soript Of the records which they made
when their heaKta were heavy and their
souls on FIRE what proposition Of
justice has the North ever refused 10
meet them half way upon IL n0t AFTER
ell, their chief complaint and their sen.
sitive suspicion due to their pFealaaoRcy
ia clinQinR 10 lhe old record ID MOI
one OF their sorr0wa really due 10 the
fact shat they are forced 90 admit
30 themselves that, deapite their old
hate, their better natures are asserting
themselves, and the record which IN
their anger they fondly Rugged TO their
souls and believed was impcrishAoia, q
really growing DINNER and DINNER,
not having been transcribed In tmper-
ishAble dyes We write In this way,
because sometimes We grow tired ofthis
everlasting talk ab0ut the desire Of the
south TO be met half way by the North.
We may be greatly mistaken IL our oati-
mate OF the Southern men and Southern
charaoteF, bat We do know something Of
Northern character aud HorthsFn men,
and We believe they are inst ag true q
race aseyer lived N this old world, more
generous, more fair and less olanuish
than any nation across the seas, ans af
the same time TOO shread not % feel
that there can not be perfect pro8peRity
10 ons region Of a country when thsro y
despair and distress over vast tracts Of
another section. IL viii Be = blessed
thing when all tho records. which ago
not immortal. Of those last three years
OF the great war shall have faded en-
tirely 0ut, and she books have been laid
away forever. Latt Tribune.